< Previousthat without us they should not be made perfect. (Heb. 11:39-40) Since none of the prophets have yet received the promise of eternal life, it is clear that Elijah died at some point after writing his let- ter to the king of Judah. There is simply no evidence whatsoever that Elijah went to the third heavens. Conclusion The evidence is conclusive. In accordance with the words of Yahushua the messiah and Scriptures, no one has ascended into the third heavens where father Yahweh resides, includ- ing men like Enoch and Elijah. The only exception to this rule was Yahushua the messiah. Yet Yahushua’s experience in the third heavens was either (1) in his preex- isting eloahim form as a ruach being or (2) after his resurrection and quickening into eternal life. Yet when he did return to be at the right- hand side of father Yahweh, he had also returned to his former glory as a ruach being. 75 On the other hand, Yahushua, while a mor- tal man, was incapable of personally seeing father Yahweh except through visions and com- munications in the ruach. Indeed, there is no record of any sort that Yahushua ever visited father Yahweh dur- ing his earthly ministry. Elijah and Enoch, mean- while, never went beyond the first level of heavens, the atmos- phere surrounding the earth. Being born of flesh, they were incapable of entering into the third realm or highest of heav- ens. Instead, after being taken up from the earth by eloahim, both Enoch and Elijah were only carried through the first heavens and then were placed back upon the earth. Like all men with corrupt- ible bodies, Enoch and Elijah died. To live again, they must be resurrected from the dead on the earth. 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